Charles F. Irons, Professor of History and the Chair of the Department of History and Geography, talks about the three encounters that were so transformative that they make him cry to this day. Professor Irons teaches courses on slavery, the Civil War, American religious history, and the nineteenth-century South, and his research is on the […]
Kelly Brown Douglas is a professor of religion at Goucher College with areas of expertise in Women’s Theology and Sexuality & Black Church studies. In her “Stand Your Ground” lecture, she addresses the evolution of the Black Lives Matter campaign and the construction of the black body historically, and in today’s society. (339)
Core Forums are shared intellectual experiences that are open to all Elon students, faculty, and staff. They address important interdisciplinary topics and allow community conversations about key global issues. This forum highlights the migration stories of David Parker, Vanessa Bravo, Ahmed Fadaam, Ken Hassell, and Robin Attas. (123)
On March 8, 2016 the CSRCS held a panel discussion of a new book by Elon’s Dr. Geoffrey D. Claussen. Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar (SUNY Press 2015) analyzes the rich moral traditions of the 19th-century Musar movement and Simhah Zissel’s ideal of compassionately loving one’s fellow human […]
Religious Studies scholar Todd Green from Luther College presented this year’s H. Shelton Smith Lecture on the subject of “Islamophobia: What are we really afraid of?” Todd Green is the author of the book “Fear of Islam,” and his lecture explored why the West fears Islam and why this matters, including discussion of the increase […]
J Mase III is a Black/Trans/Queer educator/activist who has rocked venues from London to San Francisco with performance poetry. He has worked with thousands of community members and service providers on the needs of LGBTQIA youth and adults. A blogger for the Huffington Post, he is also the author of “If I Should Die Under […]
Hosted by the Periclean Scholars Class of 2016, Elon University. Panelists: Karen Godt, Director, Hope for Honduran Children Maggie Ducayet, Director, Summit in Honduras Dr. Carmen Monico, Elon University Dr. Vanessa Bravo, Elon University (386)
